The tide gradually fell, and with the help of the slippers that several Western capital ships hanging on the wall of Qianhai Fort in the tide also began to place in the corners, the angle of dozens of degrees slanted widely.

The bottom of the front ship has all opened a big hole, far away from the mother country for thousands of miles to come here for an expedition, the shortcomings of logistics are undoubtedly exposed, these seven battleships are not sent to the battlefield in a short period of time, and even lack of traction lifting devices, today several big ships can not be taken off the wall, can only hang diagonally here, the rising tide is still pouring down the big hole in the bottom of the front ship to the inside.

After waiting for the allied forces of the Western countries to control all the tidal fortresses, the Prince of Condé and his nobles slowly boarded the castle under the service of the servants, turned their heads to look at the stranded ships, and the French prince, who was like a vampire with heavy makeup and a white face, turned his head and laughed at the Spanish marquis Becluçon who came to supervise the army this time.

"Worthy of being a Dutch player, this Pyrrhos-style victory is really exciting!"

"Stupid Dutchman, after breaking away from the holy Spanish Empire, will not even fight!"

followed by a nod, with a large white beard on his chin, but he was also wearing heavy makeup and snorting sourly as a marquis old man like a demon.

Fortunately, although a group of nobles said everything, it was the coalition forces that "worked together" to seize the gate of Manila, which once belonged to the Spanish colony, and after entering the castle, even Béclusion invited other nobles to the cut down Ming flagpole like the owner, and painted an oil painting with red wine, as if they had won a decisive victory.

can be different from the leisurely of these aristocratic lords, but the people who really do things are worried.

With emotion on his face, Curt walked out of the largest artillery fort with crutches and trembling.

The shipbuilding and military industry of the Dutch has always been the pride of Curt, with these two treasures, the Dutch also ascended the throne of the sea hegemon in the sixteenth century, Curt even the French and Spaniards looked down on him, but this artillery fort shocked him, not to mention the intricate and exquisite cannon that was stopped inside and destroyed, just this wrapped cannon base, which made him sigh to himself.

The stone-hard concrete is mixed with flexible steel bars, no wonder so many shells were bombarded on it yesterday and did not collapse a piece, if all the cities and fortresses of the Ming Dynasty used this construction method, then no matter which country, attacking the Ming Dynasty will become a nightmare!

With emotion, he put his hands on the guardrail, and just as he came back, the city of Manila, which stood on a small hill not far away, suddenly poured into his eyes again.

The fighter plane is fleeting, in the natural sheltered harbor, a series of sail battleships are slowly sailing into the waterway along the edge of the former enemy fortress, Michelle's tactical style is fast-paced, one ring is closely linked to the other, not giving the enemy breathing space, after the former enemy fort was captured, he didn't even repair for a while, almost directly grabbed Chen Xinghua's ass and went straight to Manila City.

Built along the hill, with a gentle slope up to the top of the hill, the city of Fort San Philip stood in front of them, and it had a completely new look compared to the time of the Spaniards, with almost all the buildings replaced by small two-storey buildings, cobweb-like streets running through them, but the usual busy port was full of doors, and even fishing boats were gone.

When the Western fleet sank the Shixian and Mulei in the outer island chain, the beacon towers on the islands not far away lit wolf smoke one after another, and used this oldest way to grab three days, evacuating the citizens of Manila to nearby cities in time, and even Yuan Dabao's fleet went to sea in advance.

Some old ships that were inconvenient to move were scuttled on the spot and stranded under the beach to form a shipwreck barrier to block the approach of enemy ships.

When Chen Xinghua's boat returned, Huang Degong was staying in the only two remaining battleships in the harbor, preparing for battle in the second-class battleship used as a fortress.

listlessly, the officers and men of the first regiment rowed through the gap of the sail battleship and were pulled ashore, Chen Xinghua himself was also depressed, tired boarded the Manila command ship Luzon, the captain's room, watching Huang Degong and Gu Moyi and several other army staff officers writing and drawing in front of the map, specifying the plan, he suddenly knelt on the ground with a military salute.

"The last general knocked on the military seat, the last general was incompetent, and he lost the former enemy sea fort, please dispose of the military seat!"

lost the city one day, if Huang Degong was in the Southern Ming Dynasty, maybe this kung fu would have been like thunder, and he waved his hand angrily and ordered Chen Xinghua to be dragged out and beheaded! However, now, the power of punishment under his command has been stripped from the hands of the commander, and in addition to the fact that the military judge can directly take it except for the defection or the suspicion of defection, the defeat of the battle and the setbacks are all demerit disposal, and when the battle is over, it will be dealt with together.

So with a deep sigh, Huang Degong asked helplessly: "Let's talk about it!" Chen Tuan, how did the Hongmao Clan break through Qianhai Fort? ”

"Back to the military seat, the feudal lord took the ship as the siege tower, and took advantage of the early tide to directly hit the city, and the thief hugged the rope and went down, and its momentum was like the people rushing to the sea, and the last general thought that he was outnumbered, and in order to preserve the living force, he ordered the city to be abandoned."

"These feudal lords ram the city with warships?"

This kind of tactics has never been seen before, listening to Chen Xinghua's explanation, Gu Moyi's eyes lit up, and he asked hurriedly: "How many boats did you hit in total?" ”

"About seven."

"Military seat, it's not a loss! There are many reefs in front of the former enemy fort, and if you want to rush to the city, presumably these seven feudal ships are no longer usable, although the former enemy fort was lost, but Lord Chen brought back the first regiment almost completely, and the feudal lord wanted to attack the city, but he had to face the sniper of the first regiment, which was better than Lord Chen fighting to annihilate the whole army, and the former enemy fort was still lost. ”

"Xia Guan believes that Lord Chen is not only guilty, but has merit in severely damaging seven enemy ships!"

This explanation also makes sense, but as soon as the war started, he lost an important defensive base, and Huang Degong was obviously not so easy to let go, he hummed rather lazily: "The military judge recorded it, and the battle has its own military court to measure the merits!" Now that the generals are coming to the city, the generals still have to show 100,000 copies of the courage to defend the sacred territory of my Ming Dynasty!"

"Obey the general's orders!"

Standing up again, Chen Xinghua was even more ashamed and brave, and clenched his fists with anger.

"Military seat, please stay on the second ship of Luzon, snipe the ghost of the domain, and ask the military seat to be fulfilled!"

As the last line of defense against the landing of the Western Combined Fleet, the Luzon 2nd Ship will inevitably face a rain of guns and artillery once a war breaks out, and will become the target of public criticism! Staying here can really be regarded as a life of nine deaths, originally the task of guarding against this place was decided by drawing lots from each regiment, but Chen Xinghua volunteered to stay and snipe, and after hesitating for a moment, Huang Degong immediately nodded directly.

"Xu!"

"Xie Junzuo!"

Daxi, this Liaodong man once again knelt down with a military salute, and then he directly strode out of the command room with a menacing stride, and directly shouted at his subordinates.

Although it was the right choice to order a retreat, after all, it was also saddled with the disgrace of abandoning the land and fleeing! Chen Xinghua is about to be transferred, and returning to Daming with such a shameful name is even more uncomfortable than killing him, when a real warrior faces shame, he can only wash it with blood!

At this time, one by one the Western battleships had already emerged in the bay, and after a glance, Huang Degong also carried his command knife and strode off the ship.

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Even if it is an army, it takes a long time to arrange a battle formation, sometimes it takes a few days to complete a surprise attack around the rear, and even a few days, the navy is about the same, about eight o'clock in the morning, these large, long-standing naval battles of the major colonial empire capital ships began to slowly drive into Manila Bay, but until twelve o'clock, the ship formation was completed, this time, the Ming defenders were not busy firing artillery, the former enemy fort was lost too abruptly, and the defenders also needed time to arrange defenses.

At about twelve o'clock in the afternoon, the layers of whale-like western ships were basically arranged, and the mighty ship formation basically occupied the second half of the oval-shaped bay, and the dense artillery fire gave off a palpitating cold light under the blazing midday sun.

Curt also wanted to send another envoy to persuade him to surrender, but he was directly vetoed by the fleet commander Michelgen, and at 12:10, the Dutch flagship Rotterdam was the first to rush out of the layered ship formation.

Instead of staying on the bridge to command, Commander Michel got into the gun bay, a pair of old eyes that have become wrinkled and mixed because of old age but with a sharp eagle falcon, staring at the Luzon quietly moored on the shore of deep water from the gun window, took a heavy breath, and in the next second, this peerless master who was invincible in the West all over the world fiercely stuffed the burning red cannon drill into the tail of the gun, and the first deafening cannon sound suddenly shocked the entire battleship trembling with excitement.

Following his cannon, the warships of the Western countries lined up in the attacking ranks all set fire to the cannons, as if it was the end of the world, and the overwhelming artillery fire hit the port and the city of Manila like a storm.

The heavy iron ball smashed on the deck, and the first time, the Luzon was directly filled with gunsmoke, and in the sound of crackling wood, the mainmast groaned and fell, and smashed heavily on the shore, and the iron sail rope on the mast was thrown directly more than 50 meters away, and the roof of the warehouse next to the port was smashed out of a big hole with a bang.

On the deck, it was smashed into a pit almost instantly, and in the gun cabin, a bang pierced the deck in front of Chen Xinghua, even if it was a special inner plate that had been treated with fibers, the sawdust still splashed up, crackling on his armor, and even a slender blood mark was drawn across his face.

But the blood also awakened the belligerent fierceness in Chen Xinghua's bones, and like Michelgen, he was also the first to roar and pull the flintlock, and more than 70 light and heavy guns of the two battleships also poured out their anger together. The battleship kicked off the artillery battle, and the large and small artillery fire hidden in the city of Manila also sounded at this moment. Especially the two forts cast in Fort St. Philip on the top of the mountain, the two Overlord cannons really looked like the overlord was alive, the heavy barrels were pushed back violently by recoil, and two strands of fire more than a meter long spit out, and in mid-air, the cannonballs dragging white smoke rubbed against the air and made a piercing and maddening sharp whistling, and they also rained down on the heads of dense Western warships.

The brilliant firelight roared, and the bright blood spring filled the sea level and the streets. An artillery battle unprecedented in human history erupted brilliantly over the city of Manila!